Dad has stage 4 metastatic prostate cancer, in bones and lungs. He has deteriorated very quickly over 4 weeks after breaking his affected femur, developing tachycardia, and low oxygen levels. A week after surgery on his leg, he was already extremely unwell and chose to move to a community hospital for palliative care, this is where he wanted to spend his final few weeks, days, or however he had left. He’s refused all treatment, or observations, and just has a syringe drive for pain medication and anti-sickness. Last week they decided they couldn’t keep him there, and that he would have to move to a nursing home or have nurse visits at home, because he is not close enough to dying.

He has not eaten for two weeks, and barely drinks a few sips each day, and today is barely responsive, just sleeping. He is unable to move from lying flat (this has been the case really since he was taken in to hospital). Why can’t he stay where he is? It will be so traumatic for him to be moved, if he is still conscious.